The sisters want a panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal to order Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Bowick to vacate the April order, as well a later one in which the judge directed the nuns to turn over business records related to the future comfort and care of the nuns of the California Institute of the Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.



The documents and other items sought by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have nothing to do with the sale, but instead include institute books, records and accounts needed to see that the nuns receive proper care, archdiocese attorney J. Michael Hennigan said.



The nuns’ attorneys filed papers with the appellate court in both May and June. Although the type of relief the nuns seek is normally decided in a short time period, attorneys for the sisters and the archdiocese said after today’s brief court session that the issues in the case are complex and the justices likely need more time than in a typical case.



Bowick scheduled another status conference for Oct. 27.



Sisters Rita Callanan and Catherine Rose Holzman are among five members of the nuns’ institute. The pair tried to sell the convent to businesswoman Dana Hollister, but Bowick’s April ruling blocked the sale. Shortly after the two nuns’ attorneys filed their court papers, the Court of Appeal issued a stay on Bowick’s orders.